KB: Symbol characters in MS Word and PDF documents not read and/or displayed correctly by ZoomText’s rea



KB#: 073
Last updated: March 01 2006



The information in this article applies to:

  • ZoomText 9.0
  • ZoomText 8.1 and 8.0


PROBLEM

Symbol characters that appear in MS Word and PDF documents may not be read and/or displayed correctly by ZoomText's reading tools - AppReader, DocReader and the SpeakIt tool. For example, some bullet symbols are announced as a "question mark" and are displayed as a square in DocReader.

CAUSE

Under investigation.

WORKAROUND

Under investigation.

SOLUTION

Under investigation.